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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including TFI Local Link services and the rollout of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, for decisions in relation to the routes of these services...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 to 184, inclusive, together. Achieving our emissions abatement targets in transport will require transformational systemic and behavioural change with improved communication and engagement actions identified as a key pillar of our decarbonisation pathway. Under the Climate Action and Sustainable Mobility Public Engagement Strategy (due to be published...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Travel (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Given my dual role as both the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Environment, Climate & Communications, my expenses undergo processing through the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: All office and other accommodation occupied by the Department of Transport is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) as the responsible body for the procurement of office and other accommodation required by Government Departments. My Department currently owns one vacant property, the Dun Laoghaire rocket house, which is registered as being owned by the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG). It...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Department’s total capital budget for 2023 was €2,622.254m. The actual expenditure for 2023 was €2,473.792m, €140.920m (5.4%) was deferred to spend in 2024 and the return to the Exchequer, €7.542m (0.20%). The Department's capital budget for 2024 is €2,679.450m plus deferred surrender of €140.920m. In addition, funding of €56m...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. Funding is administered through the National Transport Authority (NTA) who, in partnership with local authorities, have responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area, including the public bike schemes. Matters regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: MetroLink will be a fully segregated and mostly underground new railway line between Swords and Dublin City Centre, the first of its kind in Ireland. It is a key project under the National Development Plan 2021-30. Further to the planning application for MetroLink, the Oral Hearing began on 19th February and is scheduled to run until 28th March. This process will allow planning...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised by the Deputy in relation to car parking facilities is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 201 together. The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme was launched in March 2021 with the aim of supporting walking, scooting, and cycling to primary and post-primary schools, and creating safer walking and cycling routes within communities, through the provision of infrastructure interventions. This should help alleviate congestion at school...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including TFI Local Link services and the rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Advertising (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department works closely with a media buying agency to plan its radio advertising for public awareness campaigns. The media agency have advised that community radio stations are not commercially licensed and therefore inventory is not available to trade commercially. Due to their limited scale these stations are often run off local funding, donations, and on a volunteer basis, which means...